Listed below are a selection of both prior as well as current EGCF projects underway.
More detailed information on certain projects and grantees are featured in the EGCF News section of the website.
2012
EGCF will begin review of proposals in April 2012. As in 2011, we will be focusing partnerships on our 'Education and Literacy' program specifically. Special focus will be on the sub-themes of school construction, school infrastructure and supplies, and school literacy programs. At this time we are not considering projects in any other portfolio.
2011
EDUCATION AND LITERACY
In 2011, EGCF was pleased to embark on three new partnership projects. With buildOn, EGCF is supporting a domestic after-school program at the Bronx Center for Science and Mathematics, buildOn's most active program in New York City. This amazing program works with high school students for an entire school year through community service projects and the impact speaks for itself. Check back in the EGCF News section in early 2012 for an update of program progress. With the Maria Mitchell Association, EGCF spearheaded a new pilot scholarship program for their fantastic Discovery Class summer camps. The Discovery program's goal is to provide children with access and opportunities to investigate and explore the diverse ecosystems of Nantucket. The new scholarship program began in mid-2011 and allows the program to be more accessible to students who have not had the prior opportunity to participate in the program. This program will continue in 2012. Please check the EGCF News section for more details on this project. Also in 2011, Exceptional Education Outreach (EEO) of the Bahamas, became a new partner with EGCF. EEO runs full school year literacy programs for those children most at risk of delayed literacy development. In multiple sites across the Bahamian islands, EEO runs inspiring reading development and tutoring programs for all ages. Please check back on the EGCF news section for more information about each of these partners, including links to their sites, and news updates on the projects.
2010
EDUCATION AND LITERACY
In 2010, EGCF proudly partnered with BuildOn and the Ouelessebougou Alliance to form a pilot partnership between the two organizations in Bamakoni, Mali, West Africa. Construction of this project finished ahead of schedule and resulted in forging a new collaboration between the organizations. Please see the EGCF News section for detailed information and photos of this great project.
2009
EDUCATION AND LITERACY
In 2009, EGCF proudly partnered with the Steiner Foundation and BuildOn to build a school in Mali, West Africa in the village of N'Gola. Construction of this project began in mid-summer and was completed in the fall of 2009. Please see EGCF News section for information and photos of this great project.
2008
EDUCATION AND LITERACY
In 2008, EGCF proudly partnered with Building with Books (BwB) to build a school in Sengal. This was the second school construction project for EGCF and BwB. See August 10, 2008 news archives.
2007
MICROFINANCE AND MICROENTERPRISE
In 2007, EGCF proudly partnered with ACCION International to support the implementation of a business training program in Brazil and India called the ABC's of Business, which consisted of 50 business training modules translated in appropriate languages. These courses helped the recipients of micro-loans grow their small enterprises more efficiently and effectively. In 2006, the program trained 89,000 participants, 57% of which were women.
EDUCATION AND LITERACY
In 2007, EGCF proudly partnered with an organization called Building with Books (BwB). Internationally, BwB works in some of the poorest countries in Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Caribbean, where literacy rates are low and poverty is endemic. BwB has worked with rural villagers in countries including Bolivia, Brazil, Haiti, India, Malawi, Mali, Nepal, and Nicaragua to build over 200 schoolhouse projects for their own communities, providing quality education to more than 85,000 children and adults in the developing world. Out-of school villagers benefit from BwB's adult education programs which take place in the evenings in the BwB school that the community helped to build. EGCF sponsored the construction of a new school in Nicaragua, which took approximately 2 ½ months to build with local community participation.
EARLY CHILDHOOD AND YOUTH EMPOWERMENT
In 2007, EGCF supported a partnership with CARE USA to sponsor a new initiative in Guatemala. This project launched “mobile schools” in 5 areas of rural Guatemala to train Mayan girls ages 13-18, in leadership skills, civic participation, and small-scale income generating activities. They were also trained to become young leaders, by learning how to train other youth in their community.
SUSTAINABLE ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH
This area has many innovative opportunities for support and EGCF explored different partnerships under this program area as the foundation grew. For 2007, EGCF launched a partnership with Conservation International, CI , to support the Tetepare Scholarship Fund in the Solomon Islands. As the largest uninhabited island in the South Pacific, Tetepare's pristine Rainforest has been untouched for over a century and represents a key conservation target of intact forests, coral reefs, mangroves, and beaches. In 2003, the indigenous landowners of Tetepare formed an organization, TDA, to protect Tetepare from the imminent commercial logging that has taken most of the country's remaining rainforests. In return for the significant income forgone from choosing conservation over logging, CI along with other outside organizations forged economic incentives to create tangible benefits for TDA members in 14 villages. Key among the incentives was a program that provided educational scholarships for children unable to afford school fees. With offers from logging companies ever-present, maintaining the scholarship program is key to overall program success. In this way, advancing a child's welfare also achieves sustainable conservation of a rare ecosystem and natural resource.
Please check back regularly for updates and interesting field stories from these and other projects.
